Monday, July 31, 2017

Since ESTA validity
is extendable, your travel authorization will never expire.US authorities keep
alerting the visa-free travelers about their electronic visa status. You will
receive notification regarding expiry date of your electronic authorization at
least one before. If you think that you need travel authorization, you can
reapply for the visa.

Circumstances in which you should renew electronic
authorization

US authorities want the electronic visa holders to renew
their visas in the following circumstances

1. Your ESTA is going to expire and you want to keep it for
future use.

2. You change your legal name. The electronic authorization
will stand expired, if the travel document isn’t updated with the changed name.

3. You change your gender. The electronic visa must have
your true identity.

4. You have a new passport. Electronic clearance is granted
on the basis of passport and if the passport is changed, the travel document
has to be updated with the change.

Every year hundreds of visa-holders apply for ESTA visa renewal but not all
applications are approved. A number of renewal applications are trashed and the
applicants are advised to furnish fresh applications for new visas. It is so
because their applications aren’t complete or supported by mandatory documents.
If you don’t want your renewal application to be trashed then you should be
careful while entering details and providing documents in support to the
changes.

Every passport holder should get electronic clearance

ESTA is provided for two years or till the expiry of
passport. The travel document authorizes the document holder to make multiple
visits to US. If you have passport and you want to travel to US for short time,
you will need applying for the electronic clearance. To save the hassle, you
can get travel authorization in advance and keep renewing the authorization
from time to time.

How to apply and renew electronic visa?

ESTA application is sent online and there is no other way of
applying for electronic visa. You can take help of a visa adviser to fill and
submit your application. Find a reliable visa site and allow the site to fill
the application on your behalf. The site will do the needful.

ESTA
processing fee is nominal. It is
$14 but the site will charge fee for its services. Overall, you will pay around
$30 for visa application. It is the highest and reasonable fee for filing
electronic travel authorization.

Thursday, July 6, 2017

USA ESTA application
is for travelers from VWP countries. It is visa-free travel for 90 days but the
travel authorization is valid for two years. It means, you can visit US for as
many times as you want but each time your stay should be up to 90 days.

As a VWP traveler, you need applying for travel
authorization even when you are entering US for transit - enter “In Transit” in
the address.The only way to apply for travel authorization is to apply online and
the best way to apply for ESTA is to take help of a website that specializes in
electronic visa. The site will fill the application on your behalf and in this
way make sure that your request for visa-free travel is entertained.

Rely on the site that gives correct and satisfactory answers
to all your esta visa faq. There are
many websites that provide help in filling and submitting application for
electronic authorization but not all sites are reliable. You have to be careful
while choosing a site for applying for visa-free travel. While the application
can be filled in four-simple steps, you need to be very careful with the
details entered.

Fee

The US government charges a nominal visa fee of $14 for processing
the application, sites that provide help in ESTA add their service charge to
the mandatory fee. While they are free to charge any amount as fee, most sites
charge around $87 as a composite fee for service. This fee includes the
mandatory $14 fee for application processing. You can shop around to find the
most cost effective service provider but you should focus more on quality than
price.

The site will submit your application in the official esta online form and also keep
checking the application status. You will get information regarding your electronic
visa from the site. It will mail you the approval in PDF format.The approval
could come within an hour but sometimes authorities take more than normal time
for processing an application. In any case, you will get response in 72 hours
and for this reason travelers are advised to apply for electronic visa 72 hours
before travel.

Group visa

Just like you can apply for individual ESTA application, you
can also apply for group visa, if you are traveling with a group. The group
could be a family; friends; office colleagues or even neighbors. The US authorities
will consider the entire group as an individual and issue one visa for all. The
ESTA website will fill group visa application and charge accordingly. The site
will also inform you about the visa status.

Visa renewal

What if your ESTA is going to expire and you
expect traveling? You can send USAesta application for visa renewal. It is possible and it is easier that applying
for a new visa. Your present visa application will be extended for another 2
year period. In this way, you can continue enjoying the concessions provided to
VWP travelers.